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Pubs including The Tiger Inn, The Sun Inn, Monks Walk and Queen’s Head are among the venues for the fringe festival.

Allen Slinger, landlord at The Tiger Inn, is planning to hold a gin festival during the weekend, as well as music sessions.

Allen Slinger at The Tiger Inn, Lairgate (Image: Richard Addison)

He has also invited Beverley’s Poma cafe to bring icecream and Hull Pie to serve pies.

He says: “Everyone is rallying round and showing Beverley at its best. Everyone has got behind it and is willing to help.

“There’s usually two or three Morris dancing teams here for the weekend, this time there will be eight.

“It’s just brilliant, it can grow next year as well. Everything is in walking distance, there will be a great atmosphere in the town.”

Gill Pickford of The Monks Walk and Richard Price of The Sun Inn with musician John Shuttleworth and Chequered Past band members Graham Wilkinson and Paul Pinder (Bub), at The Sun Inn (Image: Katie Pugh)

The 35-year-old Beverley Folk Festival had its original roots in town pubs, before moving its base out of the town centre.